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Tuesday 28 May 2013

A lightbulb moment ....

Good morning folks, my card today feature the gorgeous new 'Punky flowers' from Chocolate Baroque, they are on special offer this month so they are a real bargain. I just love these quirky designs and this stamp is such fun and of course they are on special offer as this months new stamps too!


I've made a background using distress inks and stamped the cogs from Punky romance with water and blotted with kitchen towel. I've stamped the image and painted with twinkling H2Os, I created the glow around the lightbulbs by adding lots of water to the paint and letting it spread around the image. Once the paint was dry, I added distress ink in black soot and chipped sapphire around the image. The light bulbs have been glazed with glossy accents but it doesn't show up too well in the photo. To finish off i've added a red bow and a couple of transistors from the box of goodies I found in the shed.


i'm entering this card in the following challenges:
amusing Challenges: anything goes
Crazy 4 challenges: no patterned paper
Rogue Redhead: May flowers
Without words: floral

Its heaven to get up and not have to rush off to work, I'm soooooo going to make the most of my week off and as its been raining thats all the excuse I need to leave the weeds and play in my craft room lol. Hope you have a good day and hanks for popping by 
Claire xx


13 comments:

  1. Love these light bulb flowers and the way you've created the glow around them is brilliant.

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  2. Wonderfully intense colours Claire, love it.

    B x

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  3. The glow around the 'bulbs' lookas amazing & I love the sense of smokiness you achieved around the edges. The pink background really picks up on the bowls of the lamps & I love your real bits of steampunk included as embellishments. The red with the black & mauves is stunning indeed.
    Paula (PEP)

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  4. Brilliant (ahem?) card Claire. Love the way you created the glow round the light bulbs.
    Beryl xx

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  5. Cool card good luck with the challenges

    Crafty Hugs
    Heather xx

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  6. Cool card good luck with the challenges

    Crafty Hugs
    Heather xx

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  7. Love the colors on this card, and the way you made the lights glow! Great work!

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  8. So pretty! Love it! Thanks for playing the Rogue Redhead May Flowers Rebel Challenge!

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  9. Beautiful! Love the background and twinkling colors. Thanks for joining the Rogue Redhead Designs Rebel Challenge, May Flowers.

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  10. Lovely card and loving the twinkly background :D Thank you so much for sharing with us at this weeks Steam punk challenge at Delicious doodles and good luck. Hugs

    NIKKI DT

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  11. so stunning Claire.fab striking colours and I love the image.
    Thanks for joining us this month at the Without Words challenge :D

    xx coops xx

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  12. loving the lightbulb flowers, truly smashing. x

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  13. Claire, as always a fantastic creation you have made. Love the use of the cogs with flowers. It fits perfectly the Delicious Doodles Challenge this week of “steampunk”. Thank you for entering. Kym (Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog Design Team Member)

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